For the 2018 cohort of LVMH Métiers d'Art residences, the Group has chosen French artist Marion Verboom. Verboom is completing six months' immersion and artistic production at Thélios, a new entity dedicated to eyewear for the Maisons belonging to the LVMH Group.

After two initial cohorts exploring leather for the LVMH Métiers d'Art residence, first at the Tanneries Roux and then the Riba Guixà tannery, now acetate and metal have taken centre stage through Marion Verboom's work in residence at the Manifattura Thélios in Longarone, Italy. These materials, basic components which are fundamental to eyewear production, have plastic potential which the sculptor finds particularly inspiring.

The works, created in partnership with Thélios artisans, reinterpret acetate and metal into unprecedented forms, colours and arrangements.

'Acetate has always seemed mysterious to me. Through my research, I have learnt to model and inject it with many different external materials. One way of giving it structure and soul is to make it 'animato', as the Italian artisans whom I've had the chance to work with like to say,' says Marion Verboom.

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